The Paris peace talks kept a roof over my head and food on the table and clothes on my back because if something was said going in or coming out, I had the rent for the month.

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Laura Riding Because most people are not sufficiently employed in themselves, they run about loose, hungering for employment, and satisfy themselves in various supererogatory occupations. The easiest of these occupations, which have all to do with making things already made, is the making of people: it is called...

Leo Tolstoy The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.

Ayelet Waldman I always tell my kids that as soon as you have a secret, something about you that you are ashamed to have others find out, you have given other people the power to hurt you by exposing you.

Tori Spelling I would eat healthy at times and pig out at times. But I never had to go on a strict diet plan.

Carrie Preston I got my first big paycheck for 'My Best Friend's Wedding.' This was in the days when you actually did get paid to have a supporting role. It just doesn't happen like that anymore, but this was in the '90s. It was the golden age!

Chaske Spencer It's just amazing to do something that's part of a pop culture phenomenon.

Eric Holder I don't even talk about whether or not racial profiling is legal. I just don't think racial profiling is a particularly good law enforcement tool.

Kevin Rudd Well Australia's been in Afghanistan from the get go, way back in 2001, but we have been resolute throughout and with support from both sides of Australian politics.

Barry Goldwater Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning the pages.

Bob Riley In a time of tight budgets, difficult choices have to be made. We must make sure our very limited resources are spent on priorities. I believe we should have no higher priority than investing in our children's classrooms and in their future.

Helen Keller As selfishness and complaint pervert the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.

Arthur Erickson No phenomenon can be isolated, but has repercussions through every aspect of our lives. We are learning that we are a fundamental part of nature's ecosystems.

John Frankenheimer The first thing is that we're being attacked by both the Writers Guild and the Producers Guild. Both of these groups are trying to diminish the importance and strength of the director. They're trying to do it through both frontal and side attacks.

Rooney Mara I am very slow to warm. I've always been sort of a loner. I didn't play team sports. I am better one-on-one than in big groups.

Alfred North Whitehead No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

Les Dawson I used to sell furniture for a living. The trouble was, it was my own.

Benjamin Disraeli Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.